Fleas, I Hate Thee
I do not usually practice speciesism. As a rule, I believe each life form is valuable, a part of the divine plan for life on our fair Earth.
My generosity of thought has been pushed to it's end over the last few months. We have been fighting a nasty flea infestation. Call me an over protective Mama, but when my kitty babies are attacked, I'm more than willing to wipe an entire species off the globe.
Chris and I have been through three months of cycles of Frontline, then used flea killing carpet powder. Without fail, three weeks later my dear Eddie begins to scratch. He is the worst hit by far. Within no time, he is a massive scab. We apply vitamin E for him to both rub in while grooming and ingest. It does help, but his skin and fur is still a mess.
In the past springs and summers since we have moved to Missouri, we've had brief issues with fleas. The change in climate from Western New York to here is a factor, along with our ground floor apartment. For the first three years we had cats, we lived in an upstairs apartment. Here it is simply a hop in the door for those nasty little buggers.
I've made an appointment to have an exterminator deal with the problem. At the advice of the professionals, I took the fourth month treatment package. Be on notice, fleas, pack your bags and get photos taken for your passport. The free room and board is coming to an end soon.
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8/10/2008 5:20 PM
The Creative Nerd wrote:
Getting up at 7 am on my day off to go to work isn't my idea of a good time. Still, the six hours I worked today will ease the next few weeks. Some people might work overtime to save up for used Harleys or dream vacations. I just want to make sure getting the apartment treated for fleas tomorrow doesn't kill our budget. We're taking the cats on a ride up to one of the big pet stores around 45 minutes away. They have to be out for three hours and it'll be too hot to just take them ... -
8/10/2008 5:22 PM
The Creative Nerd wrote:
Getting up at 7 am on my day off to go to work isn't my idea of a good time. Still, the six hours I worked today will ease the next few weeks. Some people might work overtime to save up for used Harleys or dream vacations. I just want to make sure getting the apartment treated for fleas tomorrow doesn't kill our budget. We're taking the cats on a ride up to one of the big pet stores around 45 minutes away. They have to be out for three hours and it'll be too hot to just take them ...
Hey Tina K, I luv your statement: "I'm more than willing to wipe an entire species off the globe."--Instantly I had a visual of you dressed in ghost buster garb armed and ready with some sort of annihilation gas. Good post. I submitted it to Entreview. Here's hoping for lots of traffic!!
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Thanks for the mental picture and the Entrecard love.
I just need a good bad-ass catch phrase. How about, "Nobody messes with my kittens."
hmmmm... hopefully we can do better before filming starts for the movie.
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